{"id":5641,"date":"2019-04-15T03:38:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T03:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplyhealth.today\/?p=5641"},"modified":"2021-03-30T20:08:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T20:08:23","slug":"14-causes-of-parvovirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplyhealth.today\/14-causes-of-parvovirus\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Causes of Parvovirus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Parvovirus infection is caused by a virus called parvovirus B19. It is a highly contagious disease that is airborne and commonly spreads quickly through offices, schools, and daycare centers. There is no specific time of year when it is more prominent, and it is spread through respiratory droplets and blood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pregnant women can also pass it to their unborn children, and it can even be dangerous in the third trimester. One of the reasons the disease spread so easily is because people are contagious long before they start to show symptoms and know they are sick. They often go about their normal lives and do not take any precautions to protect others from becoming infected, because they don\u2019t even know they have to virus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parvovirus is usually not serious, and the symptoms can be managed with medications. It can cause complications in people with weakened immune systems, those who are undergoing cancer treatments, and anyone taking anti-rejection drugs used after organ transplants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Coughing<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Parvovirus <\/a>is spread through mucus droplets in the air. These droplets are expelled when a person coughs. Although you may not even be able to see any liquid or mucous leave the body, the virus may be present in microscopic droplets that aren\u2019t visible to the naked eye. They can travel through the air and even remain suspended in the air for 24 hours with the live virus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a person breathes in these droplets, the virus enters their system. Once inside the body, it attacks, and symptoms start to appear. Since people with parvovirus are contagious before they show any symptoms, they make not take precautions when coughing in public or around people. This is why you should always cover your mouth or block it when you cough, turn away from people and wash your hand directly after. Respiratory droplets are so small that they can still squeeze through your hand or the fabric of a handkerchief and drift in the air. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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2. Sneezing<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sneezing <\/a>is one of the most common ways parvovirus is passed from person to person. People sneeze regularly, and while most are taught to sneeze into a tissue, many don\u2019t. Even those that do may not cover their nose or mouth completely and allow respiratory droplets that contain the virus to spread. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because people sneeze so often, and usually aren\u2019t symptomatic when they are contagious, they don\u2019t go out of their way to take extra precautions to prevent their sneeze from reaching others. The sneeze can also release the droplets containing the virus into the air where they can stay suspended for 24 hours or more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That means that a contagious person may not even be in the room, but the virus can still be present. When someone else walks into that room and breathes in the air, they can inhale the droplets and become infected with the virus immediately. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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3. Blood<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Many people don\u2019t realize that parvovirus can be spread through blood. The virus shows up in blood just as it does in the respiratory fluid. It\u2019s less commonly spread through blood <\/a>because most people are more cautious around someone who is bleeding and when bleeding themselves. Still, the smallest drops of blood that may go unseen but can contain the virus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though a person may think they are careful when they have an injury, they may still be dripping blood and spreading the virus. This is just one reason why it is so important to disinfect an area where you may have been bleeding or treating an injury. Parvovirus isn\u2019t the only disease or illness that can be passed through the blood and some are even more severe and even deadly. Bleach and germ-killing sprays can help kill parvovirus and clean up areas where blood has been dripped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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4. Saliva<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Saliva can easily spread parvovirus and cause others to become ill. Salvia carries the virus<\/a>, and when a person talks, spits or even breathes, the virus can be sent out into the air. A person nearby can breathe it in and become infected. Most people don\u2019t realize that they release saliva when they talk. If an infected person uses a straw or glass and then an uninfected person drinks after them, they can also be infected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is why parvovirus is so easily transmitted within families’ workspaces, schools, and daycare centers. The saliva left on the straw or glass may contain enough of the virus to cause an infection. If a person is aware they are contagious, they may avoid talking to someone directly, but with parvovirus, the symptoms don\u2019t appear until after a person is no longer contagious. By the time they realize they are sick, they could have passed the virus along to other people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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5. Surface Contamination<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Parvovirus can live on surfaces. If the particles containing the virus are suspended in the air, they may eventually land on surfaces in a room. If they land on soft surfaces, they may stick to the material or may easily be released back into the air when someone moves the surface and allows the particles to break free. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If they land on a hard surface, the virus may survive in the droplets and stay on that hard surface for many hours. Things like doorknobs, telephones, money, and desks are common areas to pick up a virus. Proper handwashing can prevent the spread of parvovirus and other viruses from surface contamination<\/a>. It\u2019s important to wash your hands and disinfect areas with a lot of traffic and where a lot of people touch, even if you aren\u2019t sick. Many illnesses like parvovirus are contagious before a person knows that is sick and thinks to disinfect their home or office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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6. Tears<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Many people don\u2019t realize that tears can carry viruses. While people may be less likely to come in contact with a virus through tears, it is possible. When a person cries, yawns, or has watery eyes, they may wipe them with their hands. They may then shake the hand of someone else or touch a surface and spread the virus via the droplets <\/a>in their tears. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tears can also fall into surfaces or blow into the air where the virus can live in the droplets for hours. Since most people don\u2019t think of tears as a way to pass a disease or illness, they are not as careful with them as they should be. A person may think to wash their hands when they cough on them but not when they wipe their tears. Washing your hands anytime you come into contact with the bodily fluid is important to prevent the spread of viruses like parvovirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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7. Improper Handwashing<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is possibly the number one way viruses like the parvovirus are spread. Especially when the illness is one that does not have obvious symptoms or when the symptoms appear after the incubation and contagious period. Handwashing with soap and hot water can kill germs and viruses before they can be spread. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s important to not only wash your hands when you know you are sick, but anytime you touch your face, sneeze, cough, wipe your eyes, or go to the bathroom. Germs <\/a>are everywhere and when you understand how viruses like parvovirus are spread, you will be more likely to wash your hands. Always use soap that has antibacterial properties, so it can assist the warm water to kill the germs and viruses. You can also use antibacterial hand sanitizer in between washing your hands to help stop the spread of disease and germs. If your hands dry out easily, you may want to lotion them often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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8. Talking<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s hard to make it through life without talking to someone, even if you know you are sick. If you are symptomatic, you have no reason to be careful when speaking. Parvovirus is highly contagious <\/a>and can spread through the air in droplets that come out of your mouth and nose when you speak. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wearing a mask can help prevent this from happening, but by the time a person knows they have parvovirus, they are no longer contagious so a mask is useless. The best thing to do is to get in a habit of not getting close to people when you talk. This will make it harder for a person to breathe in any respiratory particles that come from your mouth and vice versa. While it\u2019s still possible to breathe in the particles from the air, you are less likely to breathe them indirectly and stand a better chance of not getting sick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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